{{Short description|Genus of grass-like plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Starr_030807-0056_Kyllinga_nemoralis.jpg |image_caption = ''Kyllinga nemoralis'' |taxon = Kyllinga |authority = Rottb. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 40-50, see text |synonyms_ref = <ref name=wcsp/> |synonyms = *''Thryocephalon'' <small>J.R.Forst. & G.Forst</small> *''Killinga'' <small>T.Lestib.</small> *''Hedychloe'' <small>Raf.</small> *''Cyprolepis'' <small>Steud.</small> *''Lyprolepis'' <small>Steud.</small> }}
'''''Kyllinga''''' is genus of flowering plants in the sedge family known commonly as '''spikesedges'''. They are native to tropical and warm temperate areas of the world, especially tropical Africa.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=117357 Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 246, <big>水蜈蚣属</big> shui wu gong shu, ''Kyllinga'' Rottbøll, Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 12. 1773. ]</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=117357 Flora of North America, Vol. 23 Page 7, 193, Kyllinga Rottbøll, Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 12, plate 4, fig. 3. 1773. ]</ref> These sedges vary in morphology, growing to heights from 2.5 centimeters to a meter and sometimes lacking rhizomes. They are closely related to ''Cyperus'' species<ref name=govaerts2007>Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.</ref> and sometimes treated as part of a more broadly circumscribed ''Cyperus''.<ref name=wcsp>[https://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=251185 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref name="larridon2013">{{cite journal |last1=Larridon |first1=Isabel |last2=Bauters |first2=Kenneth |last3=Reynders |first3=Marc |last4=Huygh |first4=Wim |last5=Muasya |first5=A. Muthama |last6=Simpson |first6=David A. |last7=Goetghebeur |first7=Paul |title=Towards a new classification of the giant paraphyletic genus ''Cyperus'' (Cyperaceae): phylogenetic relationships and generic delimitation in C<sub>4</sub> ''Cyperus''. |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |date=May 2013 |volume=172 |issue=1 |pages=106–126 |doi=10.1111/boj.12020|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=powo>{{cite web|title=''Kyllinga'' Rottb.|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13845-1|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=Royal Botanical Gardens Kew |accessdate=2018-11-01}}</ref>
The genus was named for the 17th century Danish botanist Peder Lauridsen Kylling.
Species include: *''Kyllinga brevifolia'' *''Kyllinga coriacea'' *''Kyllinga erecta'' *''Kyllinga exigua'' *''Kyllinga gracillima'' *''Kyllinga melanosperma'' *''Kyllinga nemoralis'' *''Kyllinga odorata'' *''Kyllinga planiculmis'' *''Kyllinga polyphylla'' *''Kyllinga pumila'' *''Kyllinga squamulata'' *''Kyllinga tibialis'' *''Kyllinga triceps'' *''Kyllinga vaginata''
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7928,8132 Jepson Manual Treatment] *[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=12&taxon_id=117357 Flora of Madagascar]
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Category:Kyllinga Category:Cyperaceae genera Category:Taxa described in 1773 Category:Taxa named by Christen Friis Rottbøll
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